Verna McClain, Texas nurse accused of murder and baby abduction, had miscarried

By: Crimesider Staff
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Verna McClain

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(CBS/AP) SPRING, Texas - Authorities say Texas nurse Verna McClain, the woman accused of killing a young mother and abducting a 3-day-old boy, had suffered a recent miscarriage.

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Officials in Montgomery County say McClain had told her fiance' she had given birth to his child. After she had a miscarriage, McClain allegedly killed Kala Golden and abducted Keegan Golden from outside a pediatrician's office in suburban Houston. Keegan was found unharmed hours later with McClain's sister.

The sheriff's office said Wednesday that McClain tried to represent Keegan as her own child. Her sister allegedly told authorities that McClain had plans to "do the adoption" after taking Keegan.

McClain now faces a capital murder charge and is being held without bail. Her fiance', who was not identified, is being interviewed by authorities.

More on Crimesider:
April 18, 2012 - Texas nurse Verna McClain admits shooting Kala Marie Golden and abducting her newborn, authorities say
April 18, 2010 - Texas woman Verna McClain charged with capital murder for shooting mother Kala Marie Golden, kidnapping newborn, prosecutor says

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by kaytothe2nd April 19, 2012 2:18 PM EDT: where's the media's outrage over this PREMEDITATED murder?

If Obama had a son, would he look like this baby boy whose MOTHER WAS MURDERED?; Reply to this comment


by doubtingthomas12 April 19, 2012 11:13 AM EDT: Is this considered a racial hate crime???; Reply to this comment

by TerryS1948 April 19, 2012 10:57 AM EDT

A typical Obama voter! She doesn't look too smart, which makes her an average Democrat.

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by rightontarget April 19, 2012 1:53 PM EDT: Really???? You actually want to try and make this tragic story POLITICAL? What an idiot! No wonder you are a Republican!


by mari1963 April 19, 2012 10:51 AM EDT: Where is the father of this abducted baby? Why haven't we heard from him?; Reply to this comment


by lillyhorton April 19, 2012 9:10 AM EDT: She stole a white baby? How about she had intensions of selling the baby.; Reply to this comment


by phwtb100 April 19, 2012 8:05 AM EDT: Miscarriage or not, black or any other race, this woman KNEW what she was PLANNING TO DO the second she picked up the gun. That is PREMEDITATED, LET'S JUST KILL SOMEONE, MURDER. And not just for her but for the man, whoever he was, that was in the car with her. He is just as guilty of committing this crime as she is. More so really. He took part in a completely EVIL scheme for the sole purpose of being EVIL. She supposedly did it to gain a child. Some mom she would turn out to be!

People who 'snap' do not snap and then PLAN. They do not 'snap' and then PLOT. They don't 'snap' and then recruit help from another person to carry out their plot. They don't snap until the second they SEE the opportunity to do the crime, like a reaction to a sneeze- it is instantaneously committed. They see a baby laying there and suddenly they take off with it.

I was shocked at several of the comments here but none more than I was when I read MalloryDavis's comment:
"At first I was just sickened that someone could kill a mother and steal that mother's baby... Then I see Verna McClain is a nurse..."

What difference does it make, her being a nurse and why does that fact stop you from being sickened? We should all be sickened over this horrible display of evil. The only thing that sickens me more than what this woman did, is the man who was with her and didn't try to stop her.

Praise God she didn't explode inside a hospital somewhere. Or did she, long before this event? If she was sane enough to dream this little scheme up, yet insane enough to think she would get away with it, who knows how "sane" she has been the rest of the time?

It is a horrible tragedy. A tragedy that could have been stopped but wasn't, deliberately and I don't care WHAT COLOR you are, or how insane you can make people think you are, anyone who could do this is nothing more than a piece of filth laden garbage that MUST BE removed from society. BOTH of them. Immediately.; Reply to this comment


by longtree-2009 April 19, 2012 6:42 AM EDT: execute her. tired of criminality, criminals, regardless of race, gender or age. if they commit a violent crime such as murder, just execute them and do it quickly.; Reply to this comment

by vette_man April 19, 2012 4:53 AM EDT

where is Jesse Jackson and Al sharpton?

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by andie52 April 19, 2012 8:18 AM EDT: I doubt that they will bother with she's going to jail for a long time


by bcargile April 19, 2012 9:37 AM EDT: Jesse and Al will show up when Texas gets ready to execute her! They are the most racist people I know!


by pauldubois April 19, 2012 4:46 AM EDT: Cultural diversity adrift in Texas as evidenced by another racist hate crime.; Reply to this comment

by huidel April 19, 2012 3:49 AM EDT

I am puzzled by all the racial talk. That is not an issue in this case! This woman is obviously unstable-just look at her mug shot(in comparison with previous photos). She was obsessed to get a baby to replace the one she lost when she miscarried. She picked the Golden mother because she was the first Verna came across. Because Verna was an LPN she probably thought that waiting outside a Pediatric Center she might see a woman leaving with a newborn.
She didn't care what race the baby was-she told her sister that she needed to do the adoption quickly after she dropped the newborn boy off.
Not all crimes are racially motivated. There are many cases of women who obsess about having a baby and are willing to kill a mother to get a baby.
A few have killed pregnant woman and cut out the fetus.

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by doubtingthomas12 April 19, 2012 11:16 AM EDT: When do the excuses stop? She track down this woman, profiling her as a woman with infant, then planned her attack. This is no differnent than any criminal mind planning a hit. This idea would not even be a subject in 99% of women, it's the 1% again.